To coincide with European Lawyers Day The Bar of Ireland has released a new app giving users instant access to The Bar of Ireland’s member directory making connecting with barristers easier than ever. The theme of this European Lawyers day is ‘E-volving lawyers: how digital transformation can enrich the relationship between the citizen and the lawyer’.
Paul McGarry SC, Chairman of the Council of The Bar of Ireland said, “artificial Intelligence, algorithms and social media discourse are just a few of the new realities that the legal system has had to adapt to. The Bar of Ireland has been working hard to develop new ways for barristers to communicate, learn and work in this new era of on-demand access to information.”
“As an evolving profession we believe in increased accessibility of the legal system in the digital age. Innovative technologies like this do have the potential to fundamentally change how lawyers work and integrate into society. The ‘Find a Barrister’ app has been developed to be as user friendly as possible and allows users to easily identify barristers by areas of practice, specialisation, circuits and additional languages”.
The new app is available for Android and iPhone. To download the app, please click here:
Google play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.fusio.findabarrister
Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=1248379415&mt=8
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For more information, please contact:
Aidan O’Connor- aidan@q4pr.ie / 087 634 2119
About The Bar of Ireland
The Bar of Ireland is the representative body for the barristers’ profession in Ireland and is governed by the Constitution of The Bar of Ireland. Its role is:
- to consider, report upon and make representations as it considers necessary in all matters affecting the profession;
- to play a key role in the conduct and arrangement of the business of the profession;
- to control and regulate the professional conduct of the members of the Bar; and,
- to secure and protect the interests of the profession.
The business of the Council is conducted by seven permanent committees and such other committees as the Council may, from time to time, establish.